Justice Abimbola Obaseki-Adejumo on Wednesday, convicted Fatai Raimi, to 15 years of imprisonment for Aiding five youths in the sale of Indian hemp
Following his guilty plea to the charge of abetting five youths in dealing Indian hemp.
"Fatai’s attitude is capable of ruining the lives of Nigerian youths as he has done to some youths now," Obaseki-Adejumo said.
She said that his conviction and sentence would deter others who might be engaged in such unscrupulous activities.
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) had stated in the charge sheet that the defendant abetted five youths to deal in Indian hemp.
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The youths who were pointed out as Kazeem Fatai, Tunde Aroka, Saheed Olaiya, Isiaka Sheriff and Lukman Ashiru, whose ages range from 19 to 25 years, had earlier been sentenced to jail by the same court.
The Prosecution Counsel, Mr Ayokunle Morakinyo, had told the court that Raimi was arrested on 24 June, at Born-photo area of Ibadan.
He said that the convict operated an Indian hemp joint where he paid the five boys stipends to cut and wrap the weeds for patrons
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